Is there really a human race?

Is it going on now all over the place?

When did it start?

Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"?

Did it start on my birthday?

I really must know.

With these questions, our hero's imagination is off and running. Is the human race an obstacle course? Is it a spirit? Does he get his own lane? Does he get his own coach?

Written with Jamie Lee Curtis's humor and heart and illustrated with Laura Cornell's worldly wit, Is There Really a Human Race? Is all about relishing the journey and making good choices along the way—because how we live and how we love is how we learn to make the world a better place, one small step at a time.

Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/05/2006
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.62h x 11.32w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780060753467
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2006 pg. 74
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2006 pg. 721
School Library Journal 08/01/2006 pg. 78
People Weekly 09/18/2006 pg. 56
Booklist 09/15/2006 pg. 66
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2006 pg. 698
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 6 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
Curtis, Jamie Lee: -

Jamie Lee Curtis has had many firsts: her first (and only) marriage to Christopher Guest, her first time holding her children, Annie and Tom, her first time pretending to be a customer in an episode of Quincy, and her first time she wrote words that became her first book. She lives in Los Angeles, the first city she ever lived in, and is always first in line, first to arrive, first to leave, and first to sleep.

Cornell, Laura: -

Laura Cornell lives in New York City with her daughter, Lily (first and only), but they spend much time in California, Laura's first state in her first home. She was asked to illustrate Jamie's first book, and that became ten. Lucky is the first word that comes to mind.